What amazons new move could mean for drug prices. From People Magazines new sexiest man alive to the peoples choice to replace alex trebek on jeopardy to this massive flock of flamingos on the move. All the trending stories for your wednesday morning. Good wednesday morning, everyone. We begin with several stories breaking overnight. President trump has fired his top cybersecurity official who denied there was any fraud during the election and now another Homeland Security official is resigning. In the meantime, a new setback for the Trump Campaign just as Rudy Giuliani takes over legal efforts to overturn the Election Results. President elect joe biden is still being shut out from the transition process even as the white house moves forward with plans to withdraw troops from afghanistan and iraq. And the pandemic is raging out of control with daily deaths now hitting the highest level since may. But we begin with that highlevel firing in washington. This morning, President Trumps top
Bridge toll plaza. It is. Metering lights are on and we are starting to see a back up. You see traffic stacking up a bit as you work out of the east bay into the city via bay bridge. Once you pass this, it looks better across upper deck into San Francisco. A couple hot spots to look for, if you are taking bart, we are dealing with bart delays on the richmond lines. This is due to an equipment problem on the tracks. Do plan ahead if you are taking bart. South 880 is pretty busy. We are seeing brake lights away from 92. There is a crash not far from the connector and theyre just clearing it out of lanes. Reporter we are getting new information in now on this Apartment Fire in San Francisco. This is video from the citizen app from earlier this morning. You see the flames shooting out of the window. Thats on the 11th floor of this high rise on davis court. A total of 22 apartments were significantly damaged by this fire and five people were injured, escaping the building. When firefighters
People will go to the polls on election day. You have a chance to avoid potentially longer aligned by voting earlier. There are voting location for drop off or in person voting. Kpix 5 is at the san mateo event center. We are there live. Reporter it is looking very good. Most early voting Locations Closed at 5 00 including this one at the San Mateo County event center. The workers are wrapping up for today and getting ready for tomorrow. They say monday and tuesday, it will be busy. Across the bay area, Election Officials are seeing record turnouts. From san mateo to San Francisco and across the bay and oakland, people are dropping off their ballots or voting in person. This is an tradition. I watch my parents a vote. This is an easy contact with this motor. No lines, in and out in less than five minutes. We are assuming it will be a big turnout. I did not want to wait in the lines. Reporter San Mateo County has 45 polling locations. There are mobile voting sites and shopping malls. Th
Stark contrast to most of the country now facing a new surge. Roughly 38 states have experienced a 10 increase over the last seven days of total number of cases. This is that dreaded third wave that some had projected for california. But with due diligence, that third wave hasnt couple. Good evening. Im ama daetz. And im dion lim. The bay area is also doing well. Abc7 news News Reporter stephanie sierra joins us live to break down the latest totals. Stephanie . Dion, 25,000 cases were reported nationwide each day. Now that daily average has doubled to 50,000 cases. Even though california isnt seeing as much of a spike, the governor was quick to point out today we could be there soon. A third wave of covid19 is moving quickly and broadly across the u. S. , but if you look closely at california, the r effective number, or rate of spread, shows it has declined slightly to 0. 96. In other words, it is considered stable. Epidemiologist george weatherford. We decreased the effective reproduc
Indianapolis. We will be hearing from the candidates on the ballot who want to be your governor. They are incumbent republican eric candidates thank you for joining us into giving an and gn opportunity to hear from you. The director for the indiana politics at Purdue University and a member of the Debate Commission i will be moderating. Like so many things weve had to make a few modifications to the debate because of the coronavirus. The candidates and i are in the building but we are in separate spaces so we are holding a virtual debate. People from around the state submitted hundreds of questions covering more than 90 topics. The questions for tonight reflect some of the topics covered most frequently none of the questions or topics have been shared in advance with any candidate. We will be giving one minute to make an Opening Statement and after that, questions will be asked of all three candidates. Each will have one minute to respond. Candidates may request an opportunity for a re